Category: R

One who has changed his profession of faith or opinion ; one who has deserted his church or party.

In French law. The inventory or minutes which notaries make of all contracts which take place before them. Merl. Repert

A person who reports the decisions upon questions of law in the cases adjudged in the several courts of law and equity. Wharton.

A government in the republican form; a government of the people ; a government by representatives chosen by the people. See In re Duncan, 139 U. S. 449, 11 Sup. Ct. 573,

Rescue. The taking back by force goods which had been taken under a distress, or the violently taking away a man who is under arrest, and setting him at liberty, or otherwise

That which remains after any process of separation or deduction; a residue or balance. That which remains of a decedent’s estate, after debts have been paid and legacies deducted. See Parsons v.

In Scotch practice. A book kept by the directors of chancery, in which are entered all non-entry and relief duties payable by heirs who take precepts from chancery. Bell.

Lat. In the civil law. Restoration or restitution to the previous condition. This was effected by the praetor on equitable grounds, at the prayer of an injured party, by rescinding or annulling

In old English law. Restraint; detainment; withholding.

This word is sometimes used in law, though not commonly in modern times, as the equivalent of “recompense,” or a payment or compensation for services, property, use of an estate, or other

upon the account of the reve or bailiff of the manor. Spel. Feuds, c. 24.

The process of renewing the operative force of a judgment which has re- mained dormant or unexecuted for so long a time that execution cannot be issued upon it without new process

pan. In Spanish law. A nobleman; a count or baron. 1 White, Recop. 30.

A right of entry is the right of taking or resuming possession of land by entering on it in a peaceable manner.

A technical word, properly used in indictments for riot. It of itself implies force and violence. 2 Chit. Crim. Law, 4S9.

In old English law. A scold; a scolding or quarrelsome woman. 4 Bl. Comm. 168.

The portable or movable apparatus and machinery of a railroad, particularly such as moves on the road, viz., engines, cars, tenders, coaches, and trucks. Seo Benrdsley v. Ontario Bank, 31 Barb. (N.

Fr. In old French and Canadian law. A free tenure without the privilege of nobility; the tenure of a free commoner.

Flying or popular report; a current story passing from one person to an- other without any known authority for the truth of it. Webster. It Is not generally admissible in evidence. State

Fr. A trick iu war; a stratagem.